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    Izwi Lami: a tech tool for rape survivors

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    The pervasiveness of rape in South Africa means there are many survivors in need of tools that empower them. Online platform Health-e News launched a campaign...

    The latest from eSwatini

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    Protesters continue to take to the streets in eSwatini. The government has responded aggressively, with people reporting that the military and the police have...

    Cato Manor Community Protests As Red Ants Destroy Shacks

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    The never ending battle between the eThekwini Municipality and shack dwellers in various informal settlements continues. The latest one comes after the Anti-Land Invasion...

    Why The Protests? Education Is Still Not Free

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    The cracks within the government's free education plan are showing. While the policy increased access to higher learning, it also introduced numerous administrative issues...

    FMF Activist Calls For Fees Must Fall TRC, All Protest-Related Charges...

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    During the 2015 and 2016 Fees Must Fall (FMF) protests, many student activists were charged with public violence and destruction of property. Even after...

    Police and higher education ministries hold campus safety summit at UWC

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    The first School and Campus Safety Summit held at the University of the Western Cape discussed campus crime as well as security issues arising...

    Ukuthwala: the sex trafficking scandal devastating rural South Africa

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    “Back home in the Eastern Cape, ukuthwala is normal and has always been, so long as one has the means to pay lobola and...

    If you were arrested during #FeesMustFall you might have a criminal...

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    People who were arrested during #FeesMustFall protests may be in for a nasty surprise when applying for jobs or international studies if it turns...

    “Excluding Rape From Common Purpose Would Be Irrational,” ConCourt Hears

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    UPDATE: During the December 11 handing down of judgement, the Constitutional Court ruled that the doctrine of common purpose applies to the common...

    Durban cop sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for killing a protester

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    A Durban police officer was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on Monday, for the murder of a young woman who was shot during a...

    Marikana Miners: We Still Want The R12,500 Our Brothers Died For...

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    On Wednesday, members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) and mineworkers gathered at the Marikana Koppie to commemorate the 34 miners...

    ESCR: SA Must Fulfil Its Human Rights Obligations For All South...

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    On Saturday the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) co-hosted a solidarity meeting with Abahlali baseMjondolo in partnership with Socio-Economic Rights...

    Ari Sitas: “June 1976 was a point of no return”

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    ARI SITAS, sociology professor at UCT, reflects on the events of June 1976 and what it meant to be a young person then. I was...

    Robbery down in KZN, but Berea remains a crime hotspot

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    Residents living in and around Berea, Durban are raising concerns over criminal activities plaguing the area, where people are being targeted and robbed in...

    “The Last Words Of Rowan Du Preez” Explores Truth And Justice

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    It was 2012 in the Cape Flats in Mfuleni. Demanding better police services in Khayelitsha, community activists Angy Peter and Isaac Mbadu were raising...

    How Workplaces Should React To Sexual Harassment Complaints

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    Two South African civil society organisations faced sexual harassment allegations against prominent employees in the past year. The civil society #MeToo exposed many of...

    Here’s what the police are supposed to do when someone reports...

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    The experience of a sexual assault is violent and traumatic. The last thing you may want to do is deal with the police, especially...

    Police watchdog can’t keep up with crooked cops

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    Thousands of cases of police brutality are reported in South Africa each year but only a fraction of them ever result in criminal charges....

    Murder of Johannesburg sex workers shows why South Africa must urgently...

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    The decomposed bodies of six women, four of whom were identified as sex workers, were recently discovered at a panel beating factory in Johannesburg....

    Izwi Lami: Reporting rape when the police don’t take you seriously

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    Despite rape being a serious problem in South Africa, some police officers still don’t know how to treat rape survivors properly. After being raped at...